Stephen Spotswood

8 Thrilling Mystery Novels with Unexpected Pairings — Including a New Sherlock Holmes Story (Exclusive) Boomers and Gen Z-ers forge unlikely partnerships in these eight recent mystery novels that explore conflict and cooperation across generations.

DEAD IN THE FRAME is included in People's list of mystery novels with unexpected young/old protagonist pairings. They file everything under "Boomers and Gen Z form unlikely partnerships" and Boomers are still babies in the world of Pentecost & Parker, but I'll take it.

Tomorrow night at 7pm (6/25), join us for BE GAY, DO CRIME. We will be hosting a panel of four fabulous mystery authors to discuss queer representation in their books.

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Where is this hero when we need him?
"Piragua. Piragua. New block of ice, piragua"

Hear from four different local authors who feature queer protagonists in their mystery/crime novels: @cheaddc.bsky.social, Katharine Schellman, @playwrightsteve.bsky.social, and Alex Travis.

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But not all crime. Because Pride was a riot #happypride #stockuponbricks

Only one more week until the release of A POISONOUS SILENCE, the thrilling sequel to @jadamswrites.bsky.social's A DEADLY ENDEAVOR. Join us next Tuesday May 6th at 7pm to hear Jenny talk about her new book with fellow mystery writer, @playwrightsteve.bsky.social.

Framed! Murder Mystery Party w/ Stephen Spotswood

Hello Baltimore friends--Come join me at Charm City Books on Thursday, April 11, 6pm for a Murder Mystery Party! Ask questions, get books signed, and then stick around to solve a mystery crafted just for you by Charm City's staff.

www.charmcitybooks.com/events/23789...

Crime Writers for Trans Rights 2025 Silent auction 'Crime Writers for Trans Rights 2025' hosted online at 32auctions.

Love crime fiction? Want to support trans rights? Check out this auction supporting the Transgender Law Center. Among the very cool items up for bid are a signed set of all 5 of my books courtesy of One More Page Books & More
Bidding ends April 1, 11:45pm EDT

Classic Private-Eye Detective Novels: A Starter Pack Our crime columnist recommends books starring hard-boiled investigators who are ready to travel down the meanest streets to root out the darkest truths.

Somehow I made it on a very short list that incudes Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Also Sara Gran's Claire DeWitt series, which I love and want more of please.

Happy Ides to all who observe

Thursday 2-27, 6pm at the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC. Tell your friends, enemies, and everyone in between

I very much hope so. There’s no date for a sixth book at the moment. But in the meantime I’ll be adding the occasional P&P short story to my website

Join me and the folks at @poisonedpen.bsky.social tomorrow evening for a virtual chat about murder, mystery, and probably the weather because it's not 19 degrees in Scottsdale, the lucky bastards calendar.time.ly/9plshfqx/pos...

Attention NYC Pentecost and Parker fans!

Hey NYC friends! I’ll have a free evening in the city in a couple weeks. I’d like to catch a show when I’m there. Any theatre you recommend?

Both are historical mysteries with queer protagonists. Katharine Schellman's Nightingale is 1920s NYC. Lev's series is 1950s S.F.

That is a great question! Once I'm past the flurry of book release obligations, I'll have to put together an extensive list. At the top would have to be Lev Rosen's Evander Mills series, which starts w/ Lavender House. And I just finished Last Call at the Nightingale, which def makes the list

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4 Gripping New Detective Novels (Gift Article) Our critic on the month’s most notable releases.

Hey, look at that! DEAD IN THE FRAME is featured in today's New York Times.
"A new Pentecost and Parker novel has arrived! A frabjous day in the world of crime fiction."
frab·jous
/ˈfrabjəs/
adjective: humorous
delightful; joyous.

I'll take it.

A notice for a signing and conversation at The Mysterious Bookshop, Thursday, Feb 27, 6PM

Hello NYC! I'll be in town at the end of the month celebrating the release of the latest Pentecost & Parker novel, DEAD IN THE FRAME. Jane Pek (author of the Claudia Lin series) and I will be chatting mystery, murder, and writing queer NYC mysteries 80 years removed. Come on out and say hello!

Thanks so much!
My audiobook narrator Kirsten Potter is just superb.
And I'm glad you care about Val. If things go as plotted, we'll be seeing him again.

In the meantime, I'll be working on some Pentecost & Parker short stories I'll be making available for free online. The first is up now
www.stephenspotswood.com/pentecost-an...

Thank you so so much!!!
I'd tell you not to be so inpatient but I'd be a hypocrite.
Book six is planned and plotted but not contracted. The joys of publishing. Which means there will be a longer gap between novels than usual. Hopefully not terribly long, though.

Thank you to @playwrightsteve.bsky.social, Katharine Schellman, and everyone who attended the release party of DEAD IN THE FRAME last night. There was a great discussion and lots of laughter. Couldn't make it to the event? We've still got signed copies of Stephen's books on our shelves today.

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RELEASE DAY! Pentecost & Parker are back and trying to beat a murder charge. Some very enthusiastic readers have called it the most dramatic installment yet. You’ll have to read it and let me know if you agree. And if you’re in the area, stop by One More Page Books tonight (2/4) at 7pm and say hi!

Tomorrow night (2/4) at 7pm, join us to celebrate the release of @playwrightsteve.bsky.social's latest book DEAD IN THE FRAME. Stephen will be joined in conversation by fellow author Katharine Schellman. We can't wait to see you there!

We've got two amazing author events coming up next week that you won't want to miss.

OMP favorite @playwrightsteve.bsky.social will be here on Tuesday 2/4 to celebrate the release of DEAD IN THE FRAME, with conversation partner, Katharine Schellman.

The mildest spoiler alert for this sneak peek at the first few pages of DEAD IN THE FRAME, available Feb 4. Faithful readers will recognize some familiar names. There’s still time to preorder, which lets bookstores know what books to stock more of. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741801...

Can’t imagine why